Travels...

Well, I'm out of town for a week for training, no access to a computer, but what really could go on in the CNY and related politics scene, except for ELLIOT SPITZER RESIGNING due to his involvement with a high class prostitute service!! Quick, someone get me internet access!

Seriously though, I was just talking the weekend before, with one of my friends who is a conservative (yes, I can be friends with conservatives) and we both stated we don't really like Governor Spitzer. And I think we both voted for him. Although the friend more to move Spitzer out of the AG's office, but still. For me though, it wasn't "Troopergate" that made me dislike Spitzer, as that didn't really surprise me. It wasn't the giving illegal immigrants licenses, as I saw that mainly as helping ID people and encouraging them to pay insurance, just poorly timed. It was Spitzer continuing Pataki's trend and NY's trend of slipping taxes and fees onto everything we buy. NY's taxes are among the highest in the nation anyway, and to slip in little fees on things that don't count as taxes but still chip away at our income is to continually doom the NY state economy.

So who exactly is David Paterson? I had no idea. So I did the obvious. I googled him. And I still have not much of an idea. But here's what I got. Before he was Lt. Governor, Paterson was a State Senator from Harlem. He was Senate Minority leader, which meant he had to be willing to negotiate with Joe Bruno in order to get anything accomplished. Yeah, Bruno isn't the guy I'd most like to negotiate with, but doing son in NY state is currently a prerequisite to moving things along, and Spitzer had already pissed Bruno off to no end, so this could be a positive for Paterson. Patersonfornewyork.com, which I'm assuming is an old campaign website (but don't quote me) lists that "Paterson has already ready made great strides in the area of Minority and Women Owned Enterprises, Stem Cell Research, Renewable Energy, and Economic Development." All things I'm generally for, although I'm not 100% sure on the stem cell research. Here is his Wikipedia page. I encourage you to look him up yourself and see if you can find more, although as always, pay attention to the source and make sure it's legit.